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And they livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin Gilead,בַּגִּלְעָדin Bashanבַּבָּשָׁןand in its towns,וּבִבְנֹתֶיהָand in allוּבְכָלthe pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיof Sharonשָׁרוֹןtoעַלtheir limits.תּוֹצְאוֹתָם
1 Chronicles 5:16
Study it in the app“And they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 5:16, word by word
- And they livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- in Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- and in its townsבְנֹתֶיvenote
village
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “venote” appears- the pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיmigrshe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears- of Sharonשָׁרוֹןsharon
Sharon
Sharon: the coastal plain between Joppa and Carmel. The name means "plain."
Where else “sharon” appears- their limitsתּוֹצְאוֹתָtotsota
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsota” appears
Places in this verse
1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
15Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their fathers’ house.
16 · This verse (above)
17All of them were enrolled in the genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.